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Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 87076

This laboratory service identifies a specific type of bacteria that grows only in the absence of oxygen, after it has already been isolated from a sample taken from the body. Extra testing steps are used to pin down exactly which anaerobic organism is present, which helps guide antibiotic choice. It is typically performed as a follow-up step after an initial culture shows bacterial growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$5.37 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$18.20 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $8 to $98Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $54
$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.22

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$18.20

WV $75.86TN $7.24

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.